Lever



J. L. COLLINS May 6, 1930.

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Patented May 6, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JOHN I1. COLLINS, 0F SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE WARNER CORPORA- TION, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF INDIANA LEVER Application filed May 7, 1928. Serial No. 275,859.

This invention relates to a new and improved lever and the method for making the same.

In the case of levers which are designed to be used with control rods it is frequently desirbale to have the lever so constructed that its relation to the control rod can be changed if desired and this is particularly true of levers which are used at the bottom ends of steering posts of automobiles on the control rods for the spark and throttle of the engine. My device is particularly designed for such use although it is obvious that it maybe used in many other places and for many other purposes.

In designing an adjustable lever it is necessary that such lever be easily adjusted and at the same time be absolutely rigid when it is in position, and the main object of my 1nvention is to produce a lever which can be easily attached to and easily adjusted on a control rod but which will be absolutely fixed in its relation to the control rod when it is placed in the desired position.

Another object of my invention Is to design a device which may be made from one piece of metal with the resulting economy 1n cost and time of manufacture.

Other objects and advantages relate to the size, shape and arrangement of the different parts of my device all as will more fully appear from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my finished device.

Figure 2 is a section on line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 8 is a section on line 33 of Figure 1 showing my device in position on a control I'Od. t t

Figure 4 is a section on line 4- 1 of Figure 1 also showing my device in position on a control rod.

Figure 5 is a section on line 55 of F 1gure 1. v i

Figure 6 is a perspective view of a modified form of my device.

Figure 7 is a section on line ure 6.

Figure 8 is an elevation of the metal blank from which my device is formed.

Referring to Figure 8 I provide a blank 1 of steel or other appropriate material substantially T-shaped in form and having in the end of the shank 2 an aperture -3 for a purpose hereinafter to be described.

In the cross member 4- of blank --l I provide an aperture -5- for a slot 6 extending therethrough to the outer edge of the cross member l. Adj acent the upper edge of cross member 4- similar apertures 7 and -8 are positioned in spaced re lation. On each outer edge of cross member 4- there are formed similar semi-circular 7-7 of Fig notches -9% and -10, the portion of cross member i which is below the notches 9- and 10- being slightly greater in width than the portion which is above the notches 9 and -10-.

Blank 1 is bent upon itself along the dotted lines aa until the portions of cross member -4- which are outside of the dotted lines a-a are in approximately right angle relation to shank -2-. The outer edges of cross member l are then bent downwardly and inwardly on the dotted lines b-b until they are disposed in a plane parallel to shank -2-. The device is then in the form shown in Figure 1. The size, shape and relative portions of apertures 5, 7 and 8 and semicircular notches 9 and 10 is such that when the structure is in the shape shown in Figure lapertures 7 and 8 will be in registration to permit the passage therethrough of a bolt 11 for a purpose hereinafter to be described. The semi-circular notches 9 and 10 will together form an approximately circular aperture which will be in registration with aperture 5 to permit the passage therethrough of a control rod 12. The width of the lower portion of cross member i in relation to the width of the upper portion of cross member 4 is such that when the device is in the final form as shown in Figure l the edges of the contact.

lower part of cross member l will come in contact while the edges of the upper portion of cross 1nembert will not come 1n The distance between the upper edges of cross member 4. will be approx mately the same as the wit th of the slot G-.

Vhen my device is placed in position on a control rod 12 by inserting a control rod 12 through aperture 5 and the aperture formed by the juxtaposition of semi-circular notches 9 and 10 a bolt 11 is passed through apertures 7 and 8 and a nut 13 is then placed on the end of bolt 11 and turned downwardly thereby drawing the upper ends of cross member towards each other and causing the edges of aperture 5 and the edges of semicircular notches 9 and 10 to grip control rod.

and lock thev device in position.

It will be understood that by loosening nut -13-- my device may be moved with relation to control rod 12- and placed in any desired position. The aperture 3 is provided so that there may be attached thereto a link not shown for connection with either the J throttle or spark levers of the automobile en- 'ine.

o e I i I For the purpose of providing a device whichwill be somewhat stronger than the device 1ust'descr1bed I show a modified form :':4 oi my invention in Figure 6 in which the width of the lower portion of cross member -l is such that when the device is in its final form they will meet but will leavethe aperture 5 and the aperture formed by the juxtaposition of semi-circular notches 9 and 10 of such a size that a control rod 12 may be inserted through them. In orderthat this last described modification of my device may be increased in strength I weld together the edges 01"? the bottom portion of cross member 4 as shown at 0- in Figures 6 and 7.

-The adjustment on and the attachment to the control'rod of my modified form of structure is accomplished in the same way as just described by the use of bolt 11 and nut 13;

It will be understood that the exact size and proportion of the different parts of my device may be modified to a considerable extent without departing from the spirit of my 1 invention. It will also be understood that the materials of which my device is constructed and the size of the apertures for the reception of control rods and locking bolts maybe varied as desired, for although I have shown and described a specific structure and a particular relation of the parts thereof asan exemplification of an embodiment of my invention I do not desire to restrict myself to the exact size, shape or relation of parts as various changes may be made within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is: v

1. A leverv of sheet material having a fiat end and a hollow rectangular end, said rectangular end being formed by bending the spaced relation, a second aperture in the opposite side of the lever alined with the first named aperture, a slot extending from thesecond named aperture to the end of the lever, and a second pair of opposed apertures in the hollow end of the lever and disposed on anaxis which traverses the slot and which is normal to the axis on which the two first named apertures are disposed.

2. A lever of sheet material having a fiat end an'd'a hollow rectangular end, said rectangular end being formed by bending the material on itself, the free edges of the bent up portions being in contact at their inner ends andbeing in spaced relation at their outer ends, an aperture'in the side of the lever which has the free edges and positioned between the portions of such edges which are which traverses the slot and which isnormal to the axis on which the two first named apertures are disposed, and clamping means extending through the second named pair of apertures. r

3. A lever of sheet material having a fiat end and a hollow rectangular end, said rectangular end being formed by bending the material on itself, the free edges of the'bent up portions being in contact at their inner ends and being joined together by welding, and being in spaced relation at' their outer ends, an aperture in the side of the lever which has the free edges and positioned between the portions of such edges which are in contact and the portions which are in spaced relation, a second aperture in; the opposite side of the lever alined with the first named aperture, a slot extending from the second named aperture to the end of the lever,'and

tangular end being formed by bending the material on itself, the free edges of the bent up portions being in contact at their inner ends and beingjoine'd together by welding, and being in spaced relation at their outer ends, an aperture in the side 'of'the lever which has the free edges and positioned between the portions of such edges which are in contact and the portions which are in spaced relation, a second aperture in the opposite side of the lever alined with the first named aperture, a slot extending from the second named aperture to the end of the lever, a second pair of opposed apertures in the hollow end of the lever and disposed on an axis which traverses the slot and which is normal to the axis on which the two first named apertures are disposed, and clamping means extending through the second named pair of apertures.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 30th day of April 1928.

JOHN L. COLLINS. 

